The dreams and beliefs gained from the "special class" will become a part of the life background of a generation.

Post-00s and post-10s who are still in school will surely remember this special holiday in the future.

An unexpected epidemic caused the start of the school to be postponed. Teachers and students started taking online classes at home, and parents could only work from home. The whole nation stayed at home, and the bustling streets became empty. The familiar city seemed to have pressed the pause button.

A special experience can affect a person’s entire life, even a generation's lifetime. And the student period is a critical period when everyone starts to form independent understanding and judgment of the world. Therefore, the impact of this epidemic and the effects it has brought are more important "life lessons" for children than academic studies.

What they can learn from it is not just knowledge, but also an understanding of life, care for others, and responsibility for the country and society.

Recently, an organization named "A Spring Behind the Mask" organized by Xueersi Online School, turned the camera on students who spent the special period behind masks. Their simple yet sincere voices are the answer sheets they handed in during this special classroom in spring this year.

On February 13, students from all over the country participated in a free live broadcast class organized by Xueersi Online School and recited "Spring" together under the guidance of the teacher, initiating an online public welfare recitation relay.

Cannot go out, so experience many changes in life

Travel or visiting plans were canceled, and you couldn't even go to the restaurant for your favorite meal. The friend you planned to watch a movie with after the new year could only chat for a few words on the phone. Masks and disinfectants need to be rushed or even drawn to purchase. All people's lives have changed in this month, and no one can remain unaffected.

What's worth paying special attention to includes not only the helplessness of "loss" but also the unexpected "gain". When the time spent with family is extended, and every meal has to be prepared at home, many children experience the warmth of companionship and the sense of accomplishment in doing things by themselves.

Lucy, a first-year high school student from Chongqing, said that staying at home is not boring: "When I was studying, hearing my father and grandmother chatting happily about cooking in the kitchen made me feel at ease. While I was studying, grandma would bring hot meals to my desk. She feels really happy when she sees you eating the food she made. This kind of companionship and phone calls are completely different."

She also went into the kitchen for the first time during this period and tried the recent popular "rice cooker cake". The first time, she didn't control the heat properly, and the cake ended up being completely inedible. But her parents still encouraged her. After failing twice, she finally succeeded the third time. Sunshine shone into the kitchen and onto the cake she had just baked, and the warmth filled the air. She was very excited: "I divided a piece for each person in our family, and it was quickly gone. It was like acquiring a new skill!"

Not being able to schedule time based on the school's routine and the teacher's schedule every day, many students have learned to study and discipline themselves. Planning their own schedules and breaking down their goals themselves, allowing their disrupted lives to still move in the direction they want.

Peng Peng said, "The biggest gain for me during the epidemic period is learning how to manage my time scientifically. I wasn't familiar with what I was doing at different times before." Similarly, Zhenzhen from Ningxia has developed a habit of listening to Jay Chou's songs while doing exercises and finds "Snail" to be the single she has been listening to repeatedly. Whenever she hears "The little sky has big dreams, and the heavy shell has a light look up," she feels inspired.

Waiting for spring at home is not stagnant, but it should be an accumulation. Everything that children learn from books, online courses, and the people and things around them is full of healing and hope.

Adolescents in the high school flower and rainy season have gained a lot from the "Spring Behind the Mask". They have learned self-discipline, treasure the mundane, and receive warmth.

In a special classroom, understanding responsibility and bearing

Experiencing such a unique period, children should also pay attention to what is happening in the country. Children need protection and positive guidance. But it does not mean they should be shielded from the world during their growth process.

The refreshed numbers in the news every day, the video footage from hospitals... When life undergoes dramatic changes, children will pay attention to what is happening in society and parents should lead them to face reality. The virus is cruel, life is fragile, and human beings should handle their relationship with nature better.

This winter, the white-clad warriors have brought the most touching moments: 21 doctors who died fighting on the front line, and nurse girls with marks on their face after taking off the mask... Each vivid person and each real story make every one of us, including children, realize clearly: while we are waiting for spring to come from the safety of our homes, who is carrying weight for us to move forward.

Lucy from Chongqing said: "Many of our doctors, nurses, and experts are fighting on the front line. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to stay comfortably at home, so I want to thank them and cheer them on." Similarly, Huang Qiyu from Chongqing, inspired by medical team members running at the airport to board and support Wuhan, when she says "Wuhan cheer up, China cheer up," she seems to light up. Courage and responsibility have been passed on at this moment.

Equally touching are the community workers who make health registrations, manage entries and exits, and look after daily needs; the delivery boys who shuttle through the streets delivering groceries with masks on; and the volunteers who proactively join organizations to work day and night to get urgently needed supplies to disaster areas...

This is an opportunity for the young generation, who are used to the convenience of urban life, to start paying attention to all aspects of social operations from their recent firsthand experiences; understanding the ways in which the normal convenient life is built upon a complex network requiring smooth expressways, constantly operating warehouses, shops running normally, and express delivery boys from all over the country; understanding that sending urgently needed masks and protective equipment to medical personnel requires contacting many links and making much effort to fulfill their fervent commitment.

This knowledge needs to be learned from society to have a sufficiently deep understanding.

Every person is a part of the country and society. Several years later, today's children will eventually enter society, becoming the backbone of the next era. If children understand responsibility, bearing, and justice at a young age, our future can be full of anticipation.

Establishing beliefs, making one's dreams more meaningful

Having patience for the present and hope for the future is what we need most at the moment. The two words "hope" need to be filled with boundless power. This way, they will not be taken lightly. This is learned and felt from everything in this epidemic.

In the "Spring Behind the Mask" special plan of Xueersi Online School, each child faces the camera and speaks their aspirations for the future to everyone. Many people's thoughts have changed as a result of this special holiday.

Xiaoyi, a high school student from Shanghai, said that what touched her the most was the beautiful "reverse marchers." After this special spring, she has also rethought her future plans, "I want to follow in their footsteps and keep moving forward."

Lulu, a freshman from Beijing, made a vow this spring to become a doctor in the future. She said: "It is because of these great reverse marchers fighting against the epidemic that we can study at home at ease. I hope that I can become a doctor in the future and help more people in need."

Xiaoyu, a high school student in Shanghai, said that her future plans have changed a bit because of this spring. Her ideal from childhood to adulthood was to become a teacher, but during this vacation, she also hopes to become a nurse in the future. "When choosing a profession, we need to consider not only what our own ideal is, but also what society needs."

For young students, this is the most simple form of heroism.

In the emotional resonance between people, patriotism is not intended as a big word to boast about, but as a heartfelt expression of the younger generation. In the increasingly atomized modern society, many people have worried that the new generation of young people would be too self-centered. But we see that as long as they keep their most sincere kindness and sense of justice, as long as they care about the fate of others, they will grow and become people with ideals, initiative, and social responsibility.

The dreams and beliefs gained from the special “life lesson” are likely to become a part of the life background of a generation. It is believed that some children will find meaning and direction for their learning in this way.

The "Spring Behind the Mask" special plan of Xueersi Online School has moved countless people because of the beauty and hope it has revealed, as well as the vigorous vitality of young people. More and more netizens and celebrities join the relay, sharing their ordinary yet extraordinary lives through recitations, drawings, and other forms. In just a few days, the total reading volume for the topic exceeded 440 million, and tens of thousands of people left their voices in different forms, creating collective memories of this spring.

"The future has me, please rest assured!" These children who declared to the world are the spring of the motherland.

Just like Mr. Zhu Ziqing wrote in "Spring": "Spring is like a strong young man, with strong arms and legs, leading us forward."

Invited by Xueersi Online School, teachers and students from all over the country sent greetings of spring to all those who are trapped at home because of the epidemic, through their passionate recitations.